Satone Yoshida
Japanese competition climber
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Satone Yoshida (Japanese: 吉田 智音, Hepburn: Yoshida Satone); born May 22, 2004)[1] is a Japanese competition climber who specializes in competition lead climbing.
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| Nationality | Japanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 22, 2004 Nara, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Setsunan University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Climbing career
Competition climbing
Yoshida made his senior international competition climbing debut in 2021. He placed sixth at the World Cup event in Kranj, Slovenia.[2] Yoshida won his first IFSC international senior-level medal in July 2023 as part of the all-Japanese podium.[3]
In July 2024, Yoshida collected a silver medal at the World Cup event in Briançon, Japan.[4]
In 2025, Yoshida won his first World Cup gold medal in the men's lead final in Bali.[5][6] He maintained his consistency as a finalist, securing bronze at the Madrid Lead World Cup.[7] In September, Yoshida secured the silver medal in the lead discipline at the 2025 World Championships, thereby becoming only the third Japanese male climber to accomplish this distinction.[8]
Rankings
Notable ascents
Redpointed routes
9a+ (5.15a):
- Biographie, August 2025[11]
9a (5.14d):
- Action Directe, October 2025
Boulder problems
8B+ (V14):
- Utsushiyo – Mount Kasagi (JPN) – December 2025.[12]
- Kage – Shikoku (JPN) – November 2025.[12]
- Emotion – Mount Kasagi (JPN) – 2024.[12]
- Tokoyo – Mount Kasagi (JPN) – 2024.[12]